Calystegia sepium
Hedge false bindweed, Trailing bindweed, American bindweed, Wild morning glory Taxonomy
Synonyms: Convolvulus sepium var. repens, Calystegia sepium americana, Calystegia sepium angulata, Calystegia sepium repens, Convolvulus repens, Convolvulus sepium var. americanus, Calystegia sepium erratica, Calystegia sepium ssp. Americana Subspecific taxa: Classification:
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Species Distribution
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Absent: Not known from county Medium confidence: Medium or unknown confidence; often old records or unverifiable observations Medium-high confidence: Often observations by expert botanists High confidence: Often vouchered herbarium records Planted / introduced: Native species introduced outside historic range, or only in planted locations within county (e.g., restorations) Historic / extirpated: Only historic records for the species; likely extirpated (Note that this category is not yet functional) North American distribution maps for this species: FLNA;  USDA Plants;  BONAP;  BISON
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Status/Listing: No Information Notes:several varieties of this species warrant recognition Origin:
Species Description
General: Dicot-herb, perennial Roots: primary Shoots: alternate leaf arrangment; simple leaf type; entire leaf margin; Pinnate leaf venation Inflorescence: Flowers: perfect; 5 merous; complete, regular; hypogynous ovary position Fruit: capsule Physiology: autotrophic; C3 C02 fixation Reproduction: sexual
Ecology & Natural History
Habitat: Species is distributed in waste area; railroad ballast; roadsides. Species is distributed in waste areas; roadsides; railroads. ILPIN Notes: Mohlenbrock, R. H. 1982. Illinois Convolvulaceae in the Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 69: 393-401. Quinn, J. A. 1974. Convolvulus sepium in old field succession on the New Jersey Piedmont. Torrey Botanical Club Bulletin 101: 89-95. Found to have allelopathic effects in greenhouse studies (Quinn, 1974). Flowers rarely tinged with a pale rose color (Mohlenbrock, 1982). Bracteoles form a continuous spiral and merge imperceptibly into the sepals (Mohlenbrock, 1982). Quinn, J. A. 1974. Convolvulus sepium in old field succession on the New Jersey Piedmont. Torrey Botanical Club Bulletin 101: 89-95. Species is native to eastern and southeastern U.S. noxious weed - ND Functional Relationships:
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